Today's NYT Strands Tips, Answers, Help for September 30th, #211
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Strands doesn't get as much attention as its New York Times game siblings Wordle and Connections, but it can be just as challenging and entertaining. Since Strands just moved out of beta, it's now on the New York Times' official gaming app and may gain more fans. This story details the rules for strands.
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How to play NYT Strand
1. Use today's theme and find words related to that topic. Can you see one? Drag or click the letters in order. Submit your guess by clicking on the last letter twice. When you find a word, it lights up blue and stays that way.
2. Any other words you find are considered clue words that provide clues to the theme word. If you find 3 hint words (each must contain at least 4 letters), the game will show you a theme word and give you a reward. However, if you can't unscramble, find three more clue words and the game will highlight the letters of the theme word in order.
3. hunt spangramare special theme words that run throughout the puzzle, but can flow sideways or from top to bottom. A collection of puzzle themes.
4. When you're done, all the letters on the board will have been used in either theme words or spangrams. Theme words fill the entire board and do not overlap.
Today's Strand Puzzle Tip
Today's strand theme is: words with weight
If that doesn't work, try the following tips: Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
Words that serve as clues to solve in-game hints
Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you get stuck, find all the words you can. Every time it finds three words with four or more letters, Strands displays one of the theme words. These are the words I used to give you clues, but you can use any word you can find that is 4 letters or longer.
- Tail, Cure, Cute, Pan, Sale, Lea, Reel, Timer, Welt, Rent, Time, Have, Great, Smite, Might, Male, Lane, Lane, Miter
today's strand puzzle answer
These are answers that connect to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find all the words, including spangrams, which are theme words, that reach from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you get them all (I always thought it was 8 at first, but learned you can change the number), all the letters on the board are used. The non-spangram answer is:
- Heavy, light, bantam, middle, welter, cruiser, feather
Today's strand spangram
Today's strand spangram is boxing. To find this, start at B, four characters below the rightmost line, and rewind horizontally.